Twine-holder.



No. 884,799. PATENTED APR. 14, 1908. E. P. DANDRIDGE. TWINE HOLDER.

APPLIGATIOiT FILED OCT. 10, 1907.

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TWINE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed. October 10, 1907. Serial No. 396,773.

To all whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, EDWARD P. DAN- DRIDGE, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImrovements in Twine-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to twine holders, designed for the purpose offacilitating the work of weighing goods, placing the goods in a paperbag of the required size and tying a cord or twine about the package andcutting the twine.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a simple andconvenient device for the use of grocers and merchants generallyhandling goods requiring to be weighed and packaged in paper bags.

Another object is to provide a device of the character referred to witha cabinet or series of compartments for paper bags, a series of spoolscontaining wrappingtwine, a scale for weighing goods and a funnelsupport for filling the bags. 7

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a planview of the device. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view of the spindle upon whic the spools are placedfor winding the twine thereon. Fig. 4 is an end view of the device. Fig.5 is a front to rear vertical section. Fig. 6 is a detail perspectiveview showing the s indles for the twme spools.

Referring to the drawings for a more specific description of myinvention, the numeral 1 designates the bottom of the frame, and 2 is aplatform for supporting the scales 3. The front 4 of the frame isprovided with an opening 5 in the center thereof and an aperture 6- cutfrom the bottom of said front. A pair of parallel supports 7 are securedto the bottom 1, and one of said supports is provided with alongitudianl groove 8 in its upper edge. At intervals the supports 7 areprovided with means for supportmg pintles 9 for the twine spools, saidpintles being seated at one end in the recess 10 in one of the supports7. The pintles are each provided with a flattened portion 11 having anaperture therein through which a rod 12 passes, said rod being seated inthe groove 8. A recess 13 is formed in one of the supports 7, and thepintle is provided with an upwardly extending arm 14 having a thumbpiece 15 formed upon its upper end. The result of this structure is thatany one of the twine spools may be readily removed by placing the thumbor finger upon the thumb piece 15 and tipping the spool out of the caseor frame. The twine spools 16 are placed upon the pintles 9, and thetwine 17 is wound upon the spools and led out through the openings 6 inposition to be used. A twine cutter 18 is secured to the front 4. Aplatform 19 for supporting the bags while they are being filled ishinged at 20 to the bottom 1, and a funnel support 21 is hinged at 22 tothe top of the front 4'.

For winding the twine from the balls to the spools I have rovided ashaft 23 provided with a gear w eel 24 at one end and at the oppositeend provided with a spindle 25 secured to a block 26 having rojectingpins 27. Projecting from the bloc li 26 is a bearing 28 connected to thebifurcated end of the shaft 23 by means of a set screw 29. Whenever itis required to wind the twine from the balls to the spoolsone of'thespools is placed.

on the s indle 25- with the pins 27 pro ecting into ho es in the spool.A stub shaft 30 mounted in the frame is provided with a gear wheel 31which meshes with the wheel 24, and a'handle 32 on the wheel 31 servesto rotate the same and through the gear wheel 24 rotates the shaft 23and the spindle 25. Thus the twine is wound upon the spools from theballs, and after the winding operation the screw 29 may be loosened andthe spindle 25 swung into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1out of the way with the end of the spindle resting in a hook or othersupport 33.

The paper bag holder consists of a series of compartments 34 for bags ofdifferent sizes, said com artments being open at the front side and cosed at the back and ends and pro vided with partitions 35 at suitableintervals. The paper bag holder is secured to the bottom 1 of the frameby means of L-shaped ting the twine. Whenever it is required to ed atone end in a bar secured to the frame, a fill the em ty spools 16 theyare placed upon flattened portion having a hole therein, a rod 15 thespin e 25 and filled from an ordinary extending through said hole andsupported ball of twine. in a groove in one of the frame bars, and a 5My device is of comparatively simple conthumb piece for tipping saidspindle to restruction, is convenient and desirable for use move thespool therefrom.

in Weighing and packaging goods, and the In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature 20 cost of its production is comparatively slight. in presenceof two witnesses.

Having thus described the lnventlon, what EDWARD R DANDRIDGE.

0 is claimed as new, is

In a device of the character described, a Witnesses: series of spoolsfor carrying twine, said spools W. W. RANDALL, each being mounted uponaspindle support- JOHN D. RICHARDSON.

